Galleon Group co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, found guilty of illegal insider trading, asked an appeals court to let him stay out of prison while he fights his conviction.

Rajaratnam said in a court filing that he isn’t a flight risk or a danger to the community. The law requires that a defendant be released if “the appeal is not for the purpose of delay and ‘raises a substantial question of law or fact likely to result’ in reversal or a new trial,” lawyers for Rajaratnam said Tuesday in a request.

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A prominent white nationalist is suing Twitter for banning his accounts at a time when social networks are trying to crack down on hateful and abusive content without appearing to censor unpopular opinions.

The social media service Twitter is believed to have suspended thousands of accounts for being automated bots, or for other policy violations, drawing outcry from fringe conservative media figures who lost followers in the move.

Two senior U.S. Geological Survey officials have stepped down after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke demanded that they provide his office with confidential data on the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska before it was released to the general public.